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Plaza Maplewood is an independent movie theater shows movies after they have left the mainstream theaters at discounted prices. The theater is located at 1847 East Larpenteur Avenue Maplewood, Minnesota 55019. Plaza Maplewood is the only independent, second run movie theater left in the east Twin Cities

History
Plaza Maplewood theater opened in 1967 and as a second run movie theater. The current owner, Nathan Block has owned the theater since 1998  The Plaza Maplewood Theater is best known for its low prices and is a popular site for low income families. Despite the theater’s popularity Plaza Maplewood has been a popular site of vandalism. According to police in April 2008 two teens broke into the theater after hours and caused $20,000 worth of damage. According to the report the teen punctured holes one of the movie screens, sprayed paint all over, and broke the arcade machines. In the fall of 2013 the owner was not given a contract extension with his leaser, Woodland Hills Community Church. The Church gave no official reason why the contract was not renewed but there have been disagreements between the owner and the Church before because of the content of certain movies. Nathan Blocks served his last day as active owner on October 31, 2013.

The Switch to Digital
Movie distributors plan on cutting off deliver of 35mm reel film. This means that if the theater wants to continue playing movie it must convert to dolby digital. This conversion would cost Nathan Block $140,000. In order to at least break even on this investment he would need to have a lease extension of about five years.

Ticket Prices
All seats $1 per ticket. All seat are $1 on Tuesday.

Concessions
The concessions stand offers Orville Redenbacher's popcorn for customers to buy. Plaza Maplewood also serves fountain  Pepsi  soda products at reasonable prices.

Contact Information
Movie line: 1-651-770-7969